LSU athletics director Verge Ausberry has announced that the LSU baseball program will receive more revenue share dollars next season. Ausberry made the announcement during an interview with Matt Moscona on ESPN Baton Rouge radio.
“And we’re also going to have more money for them for NIL. I’ve been meeting with Jay about that. He had some concerns about where we were and things we had to do. And we met this week on that. I want to have those relationships with my coaches,” Ausberry said.
This season LSU baseball was sharing a 5% allotment of revenue share dollars with softball, gymnastics and the Olympic sports. But Ausberry says for the 2026-27 athletic season, baseball will receive 5% of the revenue sharing dollars, to match what women’s basketball receives.
In an interview with Tiger Rag Magazine in February, Johnson expressed concerned that not enough financial resources was being put into the LSU baseball program. Ausberry says they want to make sure Johnson has what he needs to win.
“Jay Johnson is one of the best. He has what it takes to win here. We’re going to make sure that at LSU, Johnson is always the No. 1 coach in the country,” Ausberry said.
Ausberry says seven sports will receive revenue-share dollars. Sports like track & field and swimming will receive more scholarship money. And he’s re-organized the athletic department to put more of emphasis on fundraising and securing NIL dollars.
“We have to be out there, and we have to be on the forefront. We have to be aggressive in that area. That’s why I want to be aggressive in there. We’ve got to be raising funds and talking to our coaches daily,” Ausberry said.
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